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Money from the state and lots of it. Governor christie says you want the money, agree to a state takeover so we can do whats necessary to clean up the mess. The city says nothing doing and stuck in the middle of all of this, those who live and work here. Bright sunshine bright spring crowds to the Atlantic City boardwalk on this day. But residents and visitors alike know there is a fiscal storm cloud rolling in. When i saw several employees working on the boardwalk i mean you have to feel some compassion for these folks. So thats the bottom line. Reporter Atlantic Citys be lee gird mayor stood in front of a packed city hall News Conference to deliver the bad news in stark terms. We will run out of money and it will be on eight april. We will actually run out of the money. Reporter don guardian is assuring residents that Search Services will remain in place. What youre going to see the streets will be clean and the trash is going to be picked up, and the police are going to be in full service. All over the city and the Fire Department will get stand ready whether you need Emergency Services or you need narcan or your us house is burning. Reporter those search workers will not be paid until the city receives its next tax receipts in early may. The mayor says discussions are now underway to try and keep nonSearch Services running as well. Can employees volunteer to work without being paid . Can People Volunteer for other services . Can noncity People Volunteer and work . And thats what were going through. Reporter city officials insist they have tightened belts and cut expenses to try and balance their budget. They blame governor christie for turning his back on their city. Hes more concerned about being a celebrity groupy for donald trump than serving the citizens of the Atlantic City and making sure that this situation could have been avoided. Reporter governor christie for his part repeatedly says the city has not done nearly enough to tighten its belt and get its financial house in order. Would while this standoff continue the mayor and city council and his entire administration really doing everything they can to assure residents here and those city workers who would be impacted that this shut down would have a small impact as they can possibly make it. Dawn . All right, bruce, thank you. New details coming to light tonight about the brussels attackers. Tuesdays bombings left at least 31 people dead and 270 injured. Belgium officials have revealed a concrete link to last years paris attacks. And there are fresh questions over why authorities could not stop this siege from happening in the first place. Foxs greg palkot in brussels with the latest. Reporter emotions high at a memorial to the victims in central brussels. People gathering to hold a moment of silence in their man. The king and queen joining the Prime Minister for a wreath laying at the parliament building. The liberty of daily life was slaughtered. That same liberty is at the foundation of our democracy, our desire to live together in harmony. Reporter authorities on the hunt for air third airport attacker man scene wearing a hat and light coat in this surveillance photo. Local media here report a second subway attacker may also be on the run. The government and the competent authorities will do their utmost to shed light on both these attacks and all. Reporter prosecutors say subway bomber khalid elbakraoui rent add house used by attackers in paris another link to last notifys deadly siege. Turkish Officials Say his brother brahim blue himself at the airport was caught last june and deported to the netherlands. Notified by dutch authorities he was a terrorist fighter but he was set free due to a lack of evidence. Prime minister and the inner cab bet requested that i stay on given the Current Situation that in a war situation you cannot leave the feel. Reporter the airport wont be opening until at least monday. In brussels, greg palkot, fox news. One man is in the hospital after an industrial accident in the citys wissonoming section. Skyfox over the new man papery cycling plant on tacony street. This is about noon today. According to reports 35yearold man somehow got his leg pinned under a large bail of paper. Met medics took him to the hospital where hes in stable condition. We have not yet been told if that man is a worker at the plant. To developing story out of delaware. A music teacher from a School District faces charges of sexual as saw police say the 13yearold boys mother discovered nude pictures and immediately alerted that district. That set off twomonth investigation by police. Fox 29s Jennifer Joyce is live in middletown now with more on whats going on. Jennifer . Reporter lucy, good evening. Well parents here at the school tell us theyre concerned School Leaders and the police are concerned as well because nicole vet rosa taught at the elementary and the middle School Levels and she gave private lessons to students in the community. Tonight she is behind bars. Makes me sick to my stomach. Reporter parents of students at Everett Elementary School are disgusted and concerned to hear that former music teacher 32yearold nicole vet rosa was charged with sexually assaulting a 13yearold male student. Its a shame. It really is. When we first heard the news, thats not where my mind went. I have 14yearold boy and i would hurt someone if they did that. Reporter parents were alert to do her misconduct in january. They knew she was put on leave but didnt know why until word spread yesterday of her arrest. Police allege the music teacher who started at the School District last fall began having a relationship with a middle School Student in december. Police say the childs mother found sexually explicit videos and images of the teacher on her sons phone and reported it to police. It is upsetting to hear that especially when we trying to, you know, teach our kids what is right. Reporter no one answered the door at her moms newark home. One parent toll us off camera that she wish the district explained the details of the allegations when the investigation launched in january. Others say they appreciate the fact that the district immediately remove the teacher from the classroom months before criminal charges were filed. I think the school handled it well the district handled it well. And the School District sent a letter home to parents saying that students safety is a top priority. They also urged anyone with any information about this to call delaware state police. Dawn . All right, jenny, thank you. Another Beautiful Day in your fox 29 Weather Authority. Heres a live look a at Philadelphia International airport. Clear skies, mild temperatures enjoy it though tomorrow could be a much different scene lets check in now with meteorologist kathy orr as we look out at the studios, kathy, sunny skies. Yeah, its beautiful but we had a pesky easterly wind and that held temperatures down a little bit but we still had plenty of sunshine. Wilmington made it to 70. Temperatures still on the rise in reading at 69 degrees. Philadelphia 68. Pottstown 64. Atlantic city 63. Earlier today down in the 50s already with on shore flow. That sea breeze in montgomery holly it is 62. That is the high for the day. As you look at the temperatures, cooling down in the poconos to 55 but thats still pretty mild for this time of year. 71 in millville and 66 in the wild woods. It wont be long now. As we look at the forecast for the evening, breezy, 68. By 7 00 p. M. Some clouds at 9 00 p. M. But still mild at 11 00 with a temperature of 62 degrees. The winds are going to pick up again ahead of a cold front. We do expect dry conditions overnight. But tomorrow morning, these rain showers will begin to move in. So coming up in the seven day forecast, well time the rain in and out of the Delaware Valley as you start your Easter Holiday weekend. Well have the easter forecast and of course ill show when you it will be turning cooler again. You need those winter coats . The answer in the seven day. Ill see you later in the broadcast. Talk to you then kathy. Breaking news comedian gary handling has died at the hospital. He was not known to be suffering from any type of illness source connected to handling told tmz he was healthy and speaking tis morning. Hes best known for his work on the Larry Sanders show. Well continue to follow the story and bring you more as it warrants. Police Philadelphia Police tracking a person who shot and killed a man in fair hill. It happened around 1 30 this morning on the 100 block of east indiana avenue. Police say the gunman fired off at least 13 shots from a semiautomatic weapon the man shot died at temple hospital. Know anything about this give police a call. Authorities in gloucester county, new jersey, say it could be several days before any charges are filed after a very disturbing video of a teen being beaten wept viral online. Have you yo has been viewed millions of times and it shows an unidentified 15yearold boy curled up on a couch trying to protect himself from someone who is reportedly a mixed martial artarts fighter pump link him. Police have not released his identity but they have have been in touch with both the victim and the man apparently throwing these punches. Authorities say they will conduct more interviews after the holiday weekend. Make sure you have some cash on you if youre planning to park in philadelphia any time soon. The Parking Authority just announcing its having problems with the wireless transmission credit cart car payments. When you do to park gone to the kiosks to pay, you have to use cash or coins. You can also use the phone app meter up. No word on when the problems will be corrected. Republican president ial candidate Governor John Kasich is betting big on pennsylvania and something just happened that would make drum app little less confidence about his plans here. Plus something to think about the neck time you use an atm. Police are warning about a scam that could be targeting older people. What investigators say the thief says to his victims as he preys on their kindness. Two new homeowners their dream homes are falling apart. They are incredibly upset. So upset they put up a banner a really big one to let everyone know. Fox 29 investigates who is to blame. Coming up tonight at 6 00 this Surveillance Video may seem to just show a sunny quiet day, but theres something happening up above thats about to create a chaotic scene. An Apartment Fire in wilmington, delaware, is ruled accidental. Fire crews responding to the flames at the foxwood apartments just after 9 00 oclock last night. They encountered heavy fire and smoke in the back of the building. A fire marshals investigation revealing it was started by a candle in a second floor apartment. At least 16 people are without a place to live and damage is estimated at 100,000. Delaware state police have sided a tractor trailer driver after morning crash in newark. It happened just before 4 30 at the intersection of route 896 and u. S. Route 40. Police say sketchier alvarez rear ended another tractor trailer in front of sending both trucks skidding nearly 700 feet through the intersection. Alvar less faces charges of attentive driving and he had no proof of insurance on hill. No one is seriously injured. Former nfl player kevin turner died after a long battle with als his father sharing the news on his facebook page. The 46yearold played for the patriots and the eagles during his eight year career. He was a plaintiff in a concussion lawsuit against the nfl turner believed his als was tied to years of playing football. Pennsylvania now has access to federal money to help recover from the historic blizzard of 2016. President obama signing a disaster declaration for the state. Eligible local governments and some nonprofits will have the option of obtaining some of the funds to repair damages left by that big january storm. Storm blanketed parts of it state in more than 2 feet of snow and left hundreds of people stranded along part of the pennsylvania turnpike. You decide tonight pennsylvania april 26th president ial primary the republican one is beginning to heat up in a very big way. New franklin and marshall poll shows donald trump leading the way but ohio Governor John Kasich closing the gap. Drum many leads kasich by 3 points. In february trump led by seven points. Now kasich kicked off his Pennsylvania Campaign on march 16th with a town hall at villanova. Kasich victory in the commonwealth would dent trumps hopes of winning the gop nomination out right at the Republican National convention this summer. Meanwhile, they have been going and going and going but before the president ial candidates break for the Easter Holiday a few are squeezing out some last minute campaigning. Foxs joel waldman in washington, d. C. With that. Reporter Hillary Clinton spending her last day on the campaign trail before good friday and Easter Sunday fundraising in los angeles. The democratic frontrunner slowly pivoting her attention to the republicans and the general election. She has to go after trump. If shes not on the tack people will hold her responsible for the destruction for all the damage thats happened. Reporter new National Bloomberg politic poll shows the former secretary of state is it a tis klee tied with rival Bernie Sanders despite the vermont senator trailing big in the delegate count. Still sanders remains undeterr undeterred. When we stand together and are prepared to have a vision and are prepared to fight there is nothing we cannot accomplish. Reporter ted cruz makes a last minute stop in wisconsin late in the day ahead of next weeks primary there. The texas senator working to extinguish a twitter tussle with leader donald trump who threatened to spill the beans on cruz wife. Today trump retweeted this image cruz fighting back on social media with tweet of his own. Donald real men dont attack women. Your wife is lovely and heidi is the love of my life. Some of cruzs former opponents in contrast are the political watchers say hes building gop momentum. While were, what were seeing ted cruz get a good bit of the support from the candidates who are no longer there. In reaction former president ial candidate and senator land say graham jokingly said its a great year to be single saying that much much bigger issues to be fighting about. In washington, joel waldman, fox news. Big night ahead fort villanova wildcats as they play in the sweet 16 of the inform caa tournament. Tonight they take on miami the hurricanes in louisville, ken cant. Howard he is skin in the newsroom with more on the wildcats. Howard . Now these ncaa tournament games become real for villanova. The teams nova played where nowhere at the level of tonights opponent not even close. The opponent tonight as you mention sad third seed miami played in a tough conference finishing third in the acc. This may be the second toughest opponent that villanova has played this season behind virginia. Also, in the acc. The Atlantic Coast conference actuaactually has six teams remg in the sweet 16. They play for both teams and they are really so much alike. It makes eight little easier to prepare in terms of the work you have to do, because we do we have a lot of similar philosophies. So when youre practicing, the second team can run the offense easily they know what theyre doing, where it becomes different we cant simulate the size and athletecism. It will be interesting when you get to the game are we prepared for the plays and does the size and athletecism smack us in the face when you feel it and see it live . I would say it would be a good idea they be prepared for the plays. We will have more from villanova and the shot that keeps the 76ers in the hunt for setting another nba record. Not a good one. Thats all coming up in sports. All right, howard, thank y you. An easter bunny siting today in chester, delaware county. More than a hundred little ones taking part in Easter Egg Hunts on the Widener University camp campus. More than a thousand eggs up for grabs here. So cute. The annual event is sponsored by the universitys Child Development center and a chance for the University Community to engage with its neighbors and picture perfect day for it all. Dog disappeared in brooklyn years ago but then reappeared hundreds of miles a way. What a handsome guy. Where he was and the split second decision that made it possible to finally find him. Aww. Hes charged with shooting former congresswoman gaff gabbie giffords at first it seemed like Jared Lautner might be suing her. There are Big Questions tonight about whats actually going on here. Attention kitty lovers. Your pets could be making you angry. But not because shes making a mess oar lot of noise. The effects cats could have have i dont know your brain thats changing your personality. Ive always taken on the status quo. In harrisburg, they didnt like it when i stopped their perks and pushed for reform. As head of pennsylvanias thirdlargest county, i cut out wall street middlemen to protect pensions, stood up for Marriage Equality and protected our environment. Now im fighting for criminal justice reform. Im proud to be backed by tom wolf, ed rendell and people who care about our families. Im josh shapiro. Ill be an attorney general who always fights for you. Lawsuit filed in the name of the man who shot former u. S. Congresswoman gabbie giffords is bogus. So says the Us Attorneys Office in arizona. You got to folly the bouncing ball. The suit originated in philadelphia had a postmark from philadelphia on it. It claimed convicted killer Jared Loughner was seeking 25 million for emotional and psychological distress but the arizona u. S. Attorney Office States his attorneys say their client did not file more authorize a lawsuit. Spokesperson forgive forwards has not commented. The former president of serbia now stands convicted of genocide. United Nations Court found him guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity for leading the campaign of terror against civilians that included the slaughter of 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys in 1995. The tribunal that tried him also slide in the early 2,000s. Bosnia 1992 through 1995 war left more than 100,000 people dead. The n Court Sentenced him 40 years in prison but his lawyer plans to appeal. President obama spending his final day in argentina paying tribute to victims of the countrys dirty war in the 1970s and 80s. The period of military rule mark by political repression and the deaths of tens of thousands sparked by military coo supported by the us. President obama says its time for america to take responsibility for the role it played in that conflict. Democracies have to have the courage to acknowledge when we dont live up to the ideals that we stand for. Weve been slow to speak out for human rights. The president has agreed to dee classify previously secret documents from the period before heading tomorrow to the white house the first family taking time out to sightsee and patagonia. North carolinas governor facing backlash for signing a bill that prevents cities from passing their own anti discrimination rules. The public facilities privacy and security act is in response to a decision made by the Charlotte City council. It allowed transgender people to use Public Restrooms based on their gender identity. The new bill requires people to use bathrooms that correspondent with their gender on their birth certificate. Senate minority dan blue says it he can concludes gays and lesbians from discrimination protections. One transgender teenager says the new bill will affect him on daily basis. People are going to freak out because i look like a guy. People are going to be like why is there a boy in here and cause a scene like they when when a younger. Republican supporters of the bill say the Charlotte City ordinance violates religious freedom and puts women and children in danger. Something to think about tonight the next time you use an atm. Police are warning about a exam targeting older people. What investigators say the thief says to the victim as he preys on their kindness. Two homeowners say their dream homes are falling apart. Theyre so upset they put up a banner to let everyone know. Fox 29 investigates who is to blame. Kathy . Dawn, dry for now, mild this evening but guess what . The rain is on its way. Right in time for the morning and it could linger. Well time out the rain and also talk about the easter weekend forecast when we come back. Welcome back. Live look at bush kill falls from our poconos mountain camera. Boy it looks pretty there. Another gorgeous day today. But things could change very soon. Meteorologist kathy orr is tracking a chance for rain coming up in your fox 29 Weather Authority. Cash strapped Atlantic City is heading closer to a fiscal cliff. Mayor don guardian said the city will run out of money on apri april 8th prompting three weeks of reduced City Services and hes assuring visitors that Search Services will remain up and running. Workers will not get paid until may when the city receives the next payments of taxes. Delaware teacher in trouble after police say she was sexing with a 13yearold boy. Nicole vet rosa is a music teacher at the ever it middle school. Everett meredith middle school. According to police the victim mother found nude pictures and videos of the tee which are and alerted the School District prompting a twomonth investigation. She faces several charges. Authorities are warning of a exam targeting older people at atms. The thief preys on the victims kindness. Foxs kimberly cuisine shows you hoyt happens and talks to victim in florida. Its a quick exam a man walks up one of these 2atm machines tells the person next to him his machine isnt working. And before they know it hes taking their money. I think it was just opportunity that here i was the older the old lady. Donna knows shes but speaking out to help others monday afternoon she was trying to finish a trance act at this bank of america atm on bee ridge road when this man using the left atm moved in. When he said oh, does this work . Yes. He just got in front of me. He claims his atm wasnt working and donna couldnt do much. I said did you finish oh, yes, and i put my card in. I said, okay. But when she walked away, something didnt feel right. Turning around, her stomach sank. I watched him make two withdrawals and i thought, this isnt right. When she put her card back in the machine, she found 800 was missing. She immediately called sarasota deputes. Investigators believe this is the third time the man has pulled off this scam. Hell claim his atm isnt working ask if he can borrow those and wedge hisself in between there before the victim has an opportunity to say no or ask any questions. As investigators search for him they worn safety first. We would say go inside. Consider talking to someone face to face if youre making a deposit or withdrawal. Look for a well lit area or an atm thats in plainview without any sort of shrubbery or anything blocking that atm. Donna wants others to learn from her experience and while shes rialed up, she wont let this man change anything she does. Youve obviously found a way to make 800 in five minutes, but this doesnt make it right. The Sheriffs Office asked if you know who that man is to call deputes right away. In sarasota county, Kimberly Kuizon fox news. Back to your fox 29 Weather Authority. Man it is a gorgeous day. Soon well get a little bit of rain. Meteorologist kathy orr has your forecast in just 15 seconds. Plenty of blue sky out there. A few high sirius clouds nevertheless temperatures pretty comfortable. 65 degrees but our wind out of the east northeast at 11 miles an hour has kept it a little bit cool. We warm this afternoon but not much warming this morning and thats why temperatures didnt make it quiet as warm as we thought. Right now 65 in the city. Trenton only 50 with that on shore flow keeping it cool at wrightstown 50 degrees. 56 in Atlantic City. And thats at the airport. Thats 9 miles inland in wildwood reading taken from rye yo grand its 66 and in the poconos it is 55. To the north we have much colder air and some snow in ottawa and quebec if youre looking to do spring skiing over spring break thats the best place to go. High pressure right over bermuda and that sends temperatures for the most part warming well above average. Even during the day tomorrow. But this front will be moving through. Behind it some sunny skies. So still looking at morning rain for friday and then by the afternoon, pretty much clearing out. Fairly quickly. As we go hour by hour you can see this evening nothing but a clear sky. By tomorrow morning, four, 5am were looking at clouds even by 6 00 a. M. Could see a few scattered sprinkles in our northern and western suburbs but the mainline of precipitation is still far to the north and west. By about 10, 11 a. M. , a line of showers maybe a few rumbles of thunder move through with a frontal passage you can see how quickly skies clear out during the afternoon with sunshine and warm temperatures. So as far as the allergy report is concerned, because of the rain tomorrow, the allergy report will be low but the allergens of course maple, juniper and elm trees if you suffer from these seasonal allergies saturday and sunday with warm and windy conditions it will be high. This is out of 12. So 10. 4, 10. 6 pretty high by monday moderate levels. In the city overnight, 58. In our suburbs 55. With a few clouds but the wind will be kicking up once again. So tomorrow west southwesterly wind 15 to 20 miles an hour. Gusting to 30 miles an hour after the morning rain it will be warm and windy we will make it to 71 degrees. If you look ahead to the Easter Sunday forecast, i love that bunny mostly sunny, 63 degrees. If you have an Easter Egg Hunt it will be a really nice day. And the east southeast wind had warm us up 10 miles an hour wind. On the seven day forecast from the Weather Authority we are looking at dry conditions for saturday and sunday. Next chance of showers and storms comes on monday. And then cooler after that. Tuesday 56. Wednesday chilly start at 37 the high 60. And then thursday feeling good, 60 degrees and partly sunny skies. Looking good. The average high this time of year is only in the 50s. So we will end the month of march above normal for yet another month. The weekend looks gorgeous. Enjoy it. Thanks, kathy. Attention cat lovers. You got my attention. Your pets could be making you angry lucy. What . But not because shes makin g a mess or making noise. The effects cats could be having on your brain that is changing your personality. I dont know. Theyre pretty cute. They make me happy. Allergies can be irritating, hard to treat, make you angry but now we can know a little bit more why we suffer from them. What the time of year you were born in could tell you about your health. And coming all new tonight at 6 00 hes a familiar face but ice cubes stop in philadelphia was anything but routine. The amazing thing he just did for some local school children. Turning to your health now heads up before spring allergy season. Time of year you were born may tell i was Little Something about your risk for developing allergies. Researchers scanned d inform a samples from hundreds of people. They found certain marks on dna linked with a season in which each person was born. Over my head. Here the bottom line. Those marks were linked to allergic diseases. People born in autumn had higher eczema risk and people born in winter had a higher asthma risk. Why . Nobody is saying right now. Because they dont know. Those fineings appear in the journal allergy. Feeling little aggressive, could your cat be to blame . Lucy noland . Scientists a common cat parasite may be responsible for outbursts of anger in humans. University of chicago researc researchers say a parasite that is commonly spread from cats to humans play as roll in impulsive aggressive people can contract it from cleaning the cat litter it can cause to you develop intermittent explosive disorder. The parasite can you tell us be found in under cooked meat or contaminated water. Doctors say this is just something to keep in mind if you notice a change in your behavior or in the behavior of someone else. And the more time young adults use social media, the higher their chances of being depressed. University of pittsburgh researchers had more than 1700 young adults answer questionnaires about their social media use and participants who used social media the most during the week were nearly three times more likely to suffer symptoms of depression. Researchers say the findings could guide Public Health interceptions to tackle depression which is on track to become a leading cause of disability by 2030. Im trying to figure out if theres a cure for the cat thing now you got me worried. Parents of babies. Gary gary wants to you toss certain packets of baby food because of a packaging defect. The company says some packs of gary gary organic second foods products, the pairs, carrots and peas and carrots apples and mango mix cos spoil. Gerber says you should be able to smell if your baby food is affected. More information about the products affected and the number you can call to get replacement coupons is at fox29. Com. Look in seen on tv. Its a very sophisticated tunnel uncovered near the border of mexico. Nothing new, right . The way Authorities Say someone was hiding this tunnel is something you dont hear about a lot. Plus two homeowners say their dream homes are falling apart and theyre so upset they put a big banner to let everyone know. Next fox 29 investigates who is to blame. A lengthy investigation turns up a completed drug tunnel in california. This the tunnel inside a home in california where shares the border with mexico. Federal Authorities Say the tunnel runs all the way to a restaurant in mexico and is used to transport illegal drugs. The house was apparently built last year for the sole purpose of hiding the tunnel. Meanwhile agents confiscated at least 3,000 pounds of marijuana and arrested four people. American dream is turned into a nightmare for two south philadelphia home buyers when their new home started to leak. After months of water dripping into their East Passyunk home they decided to go public in a big way with big banner now theyre taking legal action and filing a complaint with the state attorney general office. Dave schratwieser has tonights fox 29 investigates report. The worst home buying experience you could possibly i dont think you could top. Reporter like so many Young Professionals in philadelphia graham had a dream to own his first home. Last summer that dream came true when he bought this new home on the 500 block of dickinson near the up and coming East Passyunk avenue neighborhood. I thought it was a great invest many. I mean theres lot of opportunity in the neighborhood. Gout nate townhomes going up next door five, 600,000 range. Going to bring three, 400 residents to the neighborhood. Great view. Great view. I thought i was going to move down here, you know, hang out with my friends and family havent great home and have a great time in philadelphia. Not deal with any of these issues. Reporter justin bought the new home right next door to grahams his College Roommate at penn state. He moved into his new home right after graham but win a few weeks, they both realized something was wrong. The houses started to leak a lot. At one point in time i filled town full buckets of water that came straight down from here. Its a disaster. Last week when we had that major storm i filled his whole bucket up with water. Reporter graham and justin quickly traced the leaking water problem to the outside detectives and windows. Water can run right in there. Little holes you can basically stick your finger right down in it. Reporter they found serious leaks and ponding water every time it rained. Both graham and justin called Anthony Valenti of design builder whos survived the construction of the homes. Basically he walk away. He came one or two times, you know, gave us whole spiel he would be out and fix it. Design builders came out and they rather than reconstructing it and fixing the primary issue, they put a bandaid on it by slapping on two pieces of low grade plywood and hiring some fiberglass guys to come out and fiberglass over top of it. Reporter the next time it rained, graham says the water continued to pour in. It doesnt fix the issue. Water continued to come through and now its progressing. Reporter justin says every time it rains, his house leaks. You know i have water leaking every day. Im always worried bowed looking at the weather schedule making sure have i towels ready to go where my areas are leaking hoping i dont appear with new area thats leaking. Water coming through. Reporter graham found more leaking water throughout the home so again he called val len thai and Design Builders back to the home. He was responsive and he came out but he, you know, he dabbled around tried to put bandaids on the issue and it didnt work out. Once he realized it was it was going to cost some money to get it fixed he walked away. Reporter graham then hired a lawyer an professional engineer it cost him 6,000. The engineer spent several days at his home. He filed a 67 page report citing over 40 problem areas that needed to be fixed. The report was complete with photos, documenting the problems and the water damage. Total damage am to do a hundred thousand dollars. Justin hired an attorney and an engineer to document the problems at his home. He he have mates the damages are over 50,000. Being a young guy, being a first time home buyer, you know, im not able to get a loan. A im not able to find any money to help me fix this home. Reporter graham called val len thai and Design Builders again who by that time were working at 15 more townhomes i was a few blocks away at moyaminsing and moore at a development called maya minute sing place. Tell me everything you would want to hear but he never followed through. Reporter has he is come back. Havent seen him in six months. Our Hardwood Floors are all warped. Theyre ruined from the door back to this door. All bowed and bucked. Im just shock you would think as builder and developer with 15 more projects down the road you would have some kind of integrity in the product youre producing. They decided to put up this banner across the front of their homes complaining about the leaks and their Home Warranty with Design Builders. Warranty is no good, yeah. Why not . Because the builders walked away. Its proven to be not even valid. Reporter so we took our fox 29 cameras to Design Builders office on cheltenham avenue in tacony looking for anthony val len thai to get his side of the to. Im dave stratt wise sr. From fox 29. I was looking for Anthony Valenti. Hes not in. Hes not in today. No. Could you give him my card if you would. Sure. I had is some questions about homes he built on dick couldnt street. We went to design builder latest job site in south philadelphia looking for Anthony Valenti. Hes not here, sir. He called us back the next day and toll us hes not a contractor. He said i dont bang nails. He claims he got paid 700 week to supervise the subcontractor whos built homes. He also says licenses and inspections approved the job every step of the way. He told us that joe ruggero of north star pennsport llc the developer owes him 30,000 and thats why he didnt come back to fix the problems. He also refuseed to an on camera interview. Valenti who says he built 70 to 80 homes in south philly wept on to say he told the homeowners to put tarps down over the detectives and problem areas. He said he told them when the Winter Weather cleared he would come back to fix the problems. He said the homeowners didnt want him back and the developer wouldnt pay him. Dave schratwieser from fox news in philadelphia. Isnt finally we called joseph ruggero. Hes the developer and the owner of north star pennsport llc. He sol the homes to graham and justin. We got his answering machine so we left a message. I wanted to ask you some questions about some homes you were involved in building at fifth and dickinson. A day after our call to ruggero he contacted justin and graham via text message and told them valenti would be back out to make the repairs. Theres no real protection for home buyers and its kind of surprising because its the most important asset to most people is their home and theres no real protection when youre in a situation. Reporter ruggero told fox 29 over the phone from this home in florida that valenti is responsible to make the repairs under the homeowners warranty. Legally hes the builder ruggero told fox 29. He went on to say they felt bad for graham and justin saying its not right. Ruggero said valenti told him he would take care of the problems. He says he paid valenti close to 40,000 for the original construction. Graham is now suing ruggero and valenti to get his home repaired and pay for the damages. Justin is also suing. He filed this Consumer Complaint with the state Attorney Generals Office looking to mediate the problems and repairs with valenti and joe ruggero that went nowhere. Joe responded, anthony did not respond. Joe ruggero pointed the finger anthony that this was his problem and things he needed to take care of. With the city in the midst of a big building boom, graham believes there are more first time home buyers out there with problems like this. This is not an anomaly. Its happening all over the place and its happening all over the city. Dave schratwieser, fox 29 news. You feel the frustration. Dog seemingly disappeared in brooklyn but reappeared years later hundreds of miles away from home. Where this handsome boy was and split second decision that made it possible to find him. Coming up at 6 00 a local teacher accused of sending nothing a student. Now shes facing charges. What shes been doing that has investigators even more concerned. This Surveillance Video may seem to just show a sunny quiet day but something is happening above thats about to create a chaotic scene. Were going show you. You can see whats going on here. The cow always adorning these billboards this is in houston they somehow came loose and were dangling over the edge. My thought that possibly chickens are finally getting their revenge but maybe thats just knee. Unsolved mystery that took one dog from the big apple hundreds of miles south. This is incredible. After being missing for five months the owners of the twoyearold pitbull were about to give up hope. She remembers the day he disappeared like it was yesterday. One minute she was playing in the backyard. The next minute she was gone of the after months without a trace she was spotted last week in north charlotte, energy Charlotte North Carolina nearly 500 miles from home after a quick scan from micro chip humane officers were shocked to learn how far this pup can gone from home. We find a lot of animals that come into the shelter that have a micro chip but the phone number thats registered to the micro chip is no longer working. Will he remember me . Thats my whole thing. Im not sure its been so long he was like really little still. Im curious will he even remember me . I think he will definitely remember her. He will be returned home to new york next week. Shelter Officials Say his homecoming probably never would have happened without a micro chip. Tonight at 6 00 time is running out for Atlantic City to avoid disaster. Officials say the government may soon have no choice but to shut down and today first shots fired in a war of words. And as the search continues for those who planned deadly attacks in brussels there are troubling new questions about whether this could have been prevented and if more people are in danger. Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6 00. Tonight at 6 00 a developing story and some unsettling revelations for local parents. She wants of once taught music to young people tonight this local teacher is facing serious charges. All of this because of something Authorities Say she sent to a young student. Good evening, im dawn timmeney in tonight for iain page. Im lucy noland. These developments are the end result of a in long investigation. Lets get straight to fox 29s Jennifer Joyce live in middletown, delaware tonight. Jennifer . Reporter good evening, lucy. Well, nicole vet rosa removed from the classroom in january when this investigation began. Now, shes sitting behind bars facing numerous charges for allegedly having inappropriate contact way 13yearold student. Former music teacher 32 year old Nicole Vetter rosa under arrest and charged with sexually assaulting a 13yearold male student at Everett Meredith middle school in middletown, delaware. Im a mom. My first ink sting to to protect my child. Police say she started a relationship with a middle School Student in december. In january, the childs mother found sexually explicit videos and images of the t

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